Nisei

The Nisei (second generation) felt the pull of two cultures. American born, attending public schools, and influenced by American popular culture, they shared the same idols, favorite songs and sports heroes as most other children of their generation. Wanting to fit in, many Nisei with Japanese first names dropped them for Western ones that their non-Japanese friends could easily pronounce. Yet, most grew up in Japanese neighborhoods, and their parents taught them the customs and values of the old country.

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img Nagai Sisters (ddr-densho-495-56)

Photograph of Dorothy Haruko Nagai (left) and Nancy Teruko Nagai (right) standing in front of a fence. Caption on album page reads: "Haruko and Teruko Nagai / Akimura camp c. 1917 (@ 7 and 5 years old)"

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img Chiyoko Takeshita (ddr-densho-495-55)

Caption on album page reads: "Chiyoko Takeshita / Died at age 19, suicide because / of tuberculosis."

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img Yoshida family (ddr-densho-495-58)

Photograph of the Yoshida family with spouses. Back row left to right: Jack Itsuo Yoshida, Tadashi Francis Yoshida, Susumu Nakamura, Kazuto Albert Yoshida, Hitoshi Yoshida, and Edward Sueo Yoshida. Front row left to right: Patsy Yoshida, Nancy (Nagai) Yoshida, Alice Yachiyo (Yoshida) Nakamura, Saju (Ishimoto) Yoshida, Helen Masae (Takeshita) Yoshida, Doris Yoshida, and Ethel (Inouye) Yoshida. …

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img Portrait of Nancy Teruko (Nagai) Yoshida and Francis Yoshida (ddr-densho-495-69)

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img Yoshida Siblings (ddr-densho-495-59)

Photograph of the Yoshida siblings together at Francis Tadashi's 65th birthday party. From left to right: Hitoshi Yoshida, Edward Sueo Yoshida, Francis Tadashi Yoshida, Alice Yachiyo (Yoshida) Nakamura and Jack Itosu Yoshida. Caption below photograph on album page is "Hitoshi Edward Dad Alice Jack / August 1975 65th birthday."

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img Hiroshi Okada and Francis Yoshida (ddr-densho-495-75)

Photograph of Hiroshi Okada (left) and Francis Tadashi Yoshida (right). Caption attached to photograph reads: "Best friends always / Hiroshi Okada and Dad"

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doc Gila River Relocation Camp Reunion (1997) (ddr-densho-469-10)

A memory book from the Gila River Relocation Camp Reunion from June 6-8, 1997. Pictures of the Gila River Reunion Committee, reunion, and reunion registrants are included. The book also includes a note from the advisor Sei Dyo, a transcript of a speech delivered by California Assemblyman Nao Takasugi, a reunion update, and a directory of …

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doc Second Year at Gila (ddr-densho-469-9)

A summary of the second year spent by camp inmates at the Gila River Relocation Center. Topics on the second year of the camp include the camp's administration, involvement in the war, predominant religions, schools, agriculture, recreation, and population, ending with a timeline of events.

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doc Japanese Americans in World War II- A Nisei Remembers (ddr-densho-496-3)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his internment at North Portland Assembly Center and Minidoka published in New World Outlook in January of 1982.

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doc My Early Years, 1924-1942 (ddr-densho-496-4)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his early life and family.

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doc Kazuyoshi Kawata Biography (ddr-densho-496-7)

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img Maida sisters playing in the river (ddr-densho-494-24)

From left to right: Meriko Maida, Asako (Maida) Tokuno, and Junko (Maida) Kimura. Caption on webpage: "The three sisters on a camping trip; ca 1930"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-494-24/

img Kane Maida (ddr-densho-494-46)

Caption on website: "Picture bride and picture groom / Picture bride and picture groom" and "The girl he was going to marry: Kane Maida, 1919"

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img Toddler and baby in front of Christmas tree (ddr-densho-494-23)

Meriko Maida and her baby sister Asako (Maida) Tokuno in front of a Christmas tree. Caption on webpage: "Meriko shows her baby sister, Asako; probably 1924"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-494-23/